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Onion Nerite snails with cool shells in an aquarium setting with black gravel substrate and green plants.
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3 Onion Nerite Snails

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Onion Nerite Snails | 3 Pack


The onion nerite snail, also called the red onion nerite snail, has a round shell with brown and cream bands with black spots that could resemble onion rings. These nerite snails love to graze on algae in both freshwater and slightly salty tanks. They stay fairly small  and won’t reproduce in a regular aquarium. Onion snails are steady cleaners and with unique shell pattern that make them a popular pick for planted and nano aquarium setups.

Background and Key Benefits

Nerite snails or Neritina sp. are freshwater snails related to the mollusk family. They will clean algae from glass, substrate, and décor. They are also so popular in our hobby because they do not reproduce in freshwater. In the wild these snails return to brackish water to breed and the baby snails require brackish water for early stages of growth. Therefore, Nerite snails will not overpopulate in an aquarium.

Along with serving practical purposes in the aquarium, the snails have  beautiful shells and they are fun to watch. If you look at your glass closely after adding them, you will see the tiny track marks these snails make as they graze on algae!

We keep these snails on pool filtered sand and in bare bottom tanks with a Matten filters.  We also use LED lighting to provide enough natural algae growth  for them to feed. 



Please note: During shipping, snails sometimes go into a hibernation-like state and may not become fully active for up to a week once acclimated to your aquarium. 


 

Tank Parameters

  • pH: 7.2 to 8.5
  • GH: 7 to 15
  • KH:  2 to 8
  • TDS: 120 to 400
  • Temp: 68 to 78
  • 5 stars: 7 (50%)
  • 4 stars: 1 (7%)
  • 3 stars: 4 (29%)
  • 2 stars: 2 (14%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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Zech A.
Great snails but one came with "craters"

I ordered 3 Onion Nerite Snails, and they are awesome. They are fun to watch and for some reason, the largest one is the fastest. The only concern would be the craters on the shell on the large one. Many visible holes in the shell almost go through completely. After a week in the tank, they're still very active and I had no DOAs.

Zech A. review photo
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keith garrett
Nerite Snails a joy

I’m am really enjoying the Nerite snails. They are a wonderful addition to my aquarium

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steven phillips
red wag swordtails

Will never purchase from this company again.

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Christopher Tilson
Not sure

They all died within two days, never seen any of them move not sure if they were dead when I got them or if they just died.

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Melissa
Looked Nice

These were really nice looking while they lasted. They only made it about a week before dying. All my other snails/fish were okay.

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Mr
Snails

First time snail owner, they were all beautiful! But unfortunately only 1 out of 4 of them are alive :/ all water parameters and temp was in range and did drip method acclimation for an hour so unsure what happened!

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Jeffrey Nixon
Died quickly

3 appeared to have died in 24 hours. The 4th died 7 days later. The frog is great.

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Joseph DeCorrevont
Dead 🐌 snail

There is really no reason a nerite snail should die in transit when using a breather bag. So one out of three snails was DOA .

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Nate from Va
Gungaden onion nerite

Really nice specimens thank you again for the plus one!!! Too bad I'm about done stocking my tank. Guess ill have to set up another aquarium to buy more...always a great experience with flip aquatics!

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Eden Schmitz
Perfect

Only 2 survived the trip but that’s not your fault. They are alive and well and adjusting perfectly to their new home

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Michael Treadaway
Snails are awesome

We received our snail order in a timely manner and they arrived in perfect condition. Very impressed with how well they were packaged. As soon as we introduced them to our tank they started working. I would recommend these folks to anyone.

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Holly Lumm
Arrived healthy

The onion snails arrived quickly, well packaged and healthy.

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Donald Wallace
Cute Snails, just kind of lethargic

I ordered 3 and got 4, so that was a bonus. All arrived alive and well and seemed pretty active when I put them in the tank at first. Now after a few days they don't move much and we hardly see them in my tank as they seem to hide. The biggest one is on one corner of the tank and doesn't move much.

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Casey Brown
Great!

Good prices, healthy fauna, great shipping, excellent services, and within my multiple orders, has been a wonderful company to deal with.

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